Glossary
Glossary: Panchanga
Sanskrit terms as they are used in the School’s teaching, in IAST transliteration and Devanagari, with a short gloss you will also see when you tap or hover a term anywhere on the site.
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- Abhijitअभिजित्The midday muhūrta, and a twenty-eighth nakshatra in muhūrta texts.Panchanga
- Adhika māsaअधिकमासIntercalary lunar month inserted when no saṅkrānti falls within it.Panchanga
- Amāvāsyāअमावास्याNew moon: the last tithi of the dark fortnight.Panchanga
- AyanaअयनThe Sun's half-year course: uttarāyaṇa (northward) or dakṣiṇāyana (southward).Panchanga
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- Pāda (Caraṇa)पादQuarter of a nakshatra, 3°20′, with its own naming syllable.Panchanga
- Pakṣaपक्षLunar fortnight: waxing śukla or waning kṛṣṇa, fifteen tithis each.Panchanga
- Pañcakaपञ्चकThe Moon's passage through the last five nakshatras, Dhaniṣṭhā to Revatī.Panchanga
- Pradoṣaप्रदोषTwilight on trayodaśī, observed as a vrata dedicated to Śiva.Panchanga
- Pūrṇimāपूर्णिमाFull moon: the fifteenth tithi of the bright fortnight.Panchanga